1914-06-24 — Page 1

June 24, 1914,

The Hongkong Telegraph

Temperature 6

4.1.78.

92

2 p.m. 63. 84

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Humidity

2831

職弍初月五閏年寅甲

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LINER ASHORE.

HOME RULE.

NEAR THE LAND'S END,

THE AMENDING DILL.

TESTABLISHED (1881).

Copyright, 1914 by the Proprietor.

W. NESDAY, JUNE 24, 1914.

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U. S BATTLESHIPS.

WANTED BY GREECE.

11

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GREECE & TURKEY,

A LIKELY SETTLEMENT.;

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PARTS POSTMEN.

HOSTILE DEMONSTRATION.

June 24, 1913,

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KIEL WEEK.

WEATHER FORECAST

RAIN

Barometer 20.83

Temperature 6 a.m. 82 p. m. 77- Humidity

83 38.

BRITISH SQUADRON ARRIVES.

(Reuters Service To The Telegraph." (Router's Service To "The Telegraph."] [Router's Service To The Telegraph." [Rautor's Service To The Telegraph." [Reuter's Service To The Telegraph, (Reuters Service To "The Telegraph."}

London. Resolved June 24. The liner Cuthland ran ashore on the rocks near the Land's End. A steamer has gone to her

assistance.

Feared Total Logs.

Later.

London. Received June 24,"

The House of Lords was

*London. Received duno 21. Renter's Washington cor. respondent states that treeco is urging President Wilson not to oppose the buying of the battle aliipe Mississippi and Idaho'

thronged when Lord Crewe in troduced the amending Bill. He affirmed that the more be heard of the contiments of Ulster tho more convinced ho became of the profundity of the religious President Wilson suid he dificities, which made some favoured their sale if it meant form of exclacion imperative. peuce in the Mediterranean. He dwelt on the injustice of total |oxelusina and said the Bill coo- Turkey as protested against but!sequently embodied Mr. Asquith's the sale.

proposal made in March for n county's exclusion from the Bill provided the necessary ad justments in connection there with, financial and administra-

It is feared that the Gothland will become a total loss.

Two boats were imunched, capsized. The occupants were, however, rescued.

Eighthu .dred passengers have been transferred to another atonmer.

The Gothland is a steel screw, four-masted steamer of 7,660 tons gros. She was formerly the Gothic and was built in 1891 by Messrs. Harland and Wolf, Belfast, for, the Soc. Anon. de Nav. Balgo-Amerivine. Her di- mensions are:-Lenth. 400.7 foot; broadth, 53.2 feet: depth, 33.5 feet.]

CANAL RIGHTS.

A GERMAN MOVE?

London. Recelrod June 24.

Sale Authorised.

Later.

A Washington message states' tive, were effected. He assured that the Blouse of Representatives the Opposition that any amend has voted to authorise the sale of ments would receive careful the battleships to Lireèce.

consideration.

The Senate has already authoris-|

the sala of the battleships.'

Loudon, Received June 24.

SINGLE COPY 10 CENTS '$36 PER ANNUM,

TELEGRAMS.

NEWS FOR BUSY. MEN.

tion.

CONDENSED.

,:

Both Houses of the U. 8: Legislatore favour the sale of the London, Hoceived Juno 24.

Londen. Received Juno 21. | battleships Mississippi and Idaho Reuter's corespondent at Reuter's Paris correspondent Reuter's correspondent at Kiel to Greece. Athens states is understand states that the postmen, who have states that the British Firet Battle Tho problem of getting the that Greece cepts Turkey's recently proposal for theinstatement of various improvements in their warships made a stately proves Victoria, B.C., is no nearer solu- been agitating for Squadron has arrived there. The Komagita Maru away from. and compensatiga to, the relugees service, became augered at the sion amidst the German Droud- who have remained on the Asia Senate, on tlin POAL Office noughts, and the sea wag-alivo Minor const, und also the pro-Estimates, rejecting one of their with lanches and excursion Mr. Redmond has cabled to the possi for an exchango of populu-chiefernanda.

United Irish Leaguo in America tions and property in regard to They Larricaded themselves in The visiting Squadron was for funds to strengthen the Irial the Turkish or Greek refugees the chief Post Office last evening given a stirring welcome, and V..lunteer movement., who left Turkish and Cicak withi vans and meks of mails, muorot in line with the German territory.

after a fight with the police, und warships. prevented the usual "deliveries, receiving provisions through harred gates..

AMERICA CUP TRIAL

RESOLUTE AGAIN WINS,«

London. Received June 24. · Redter's correspondent at Bye, Connecticut, siates that the yacht Resolate beat the Vanitie by 14 miastes in a thirty-mile race in connection with the America Cup

Opposition Disappointment. Lord Landowne expresseded profound disappointment at the B. flo agreed that it woult be advisable to defer deliste, and; pointed out that the Bill merely embodied Mr. Asquith's proposals, which had been demolished and rejected. And now Lord Crewa gudelessly submitted them as the Government's utmost offer. The AN INDEPENDENT LIBERAL, hopelessly in the rear.

Government koew that the Bill could not provent civil war.

THE BUDGET TANGLE.

London, Rocoivod June 24.

The Bill was read a first time; in the House of Commone, Sir

Compromise Possible.

Luko White, Liberal M.P for Though Irish Unionist MP.'s Buckrose, announced that he Reuter's correspondent a declare that nothing will satisfy would support Mr. Hayes-Fisher's Washington states that, giving them short of a clean cus of the Unionist amendment to the evidenco before the Foreign whole of Ulster, the general view Finance Bill, regretting that Relations Committee of the Sei-is that a compromiss is feasible, provision is not made for grante ate, Senhor Chamorro, the Nica-und that there will not be any to local authorities in the current raguan Minister, said cer,ain Ger great difficulty in attaining it year... mans urged that $3,000 000 except regarding the position of

offered by the Unto States the disputed counties of Ferman- Mr. George Roberts, Labour for the Canal right to Nicaragua agh and Tyrone, in comparison M.P. for Norwich, on behalf of were inadequate. Senhor Cham with which the matter of a time the Labour Party, announced that orro interpreted this as a German limit is regarded na minor the Labourites would abstain move to outbid the United States question..

from voting.

YOUNG IRELAND AND

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HOME RULE.

trinks.

The race took place in. long Island Sound. The Defiance, which also participated, was left

WIRELESS FOR CHINA

REPORTED MARCONI

CONTRACT.

الا

London, Received June, 13.

The Financial News saya it is reported that a 8000,000 ster- ling contract has been concluded between the Chinese Government and the Marconi Company for the construction of wireless stations in China.

HOME CRICKET,

THE LATEST RESULTS.

་་་! London, Received June 24..

amptonshire at Darby, winning

Doibyshire drew with North three points on the first innings Worcestershire beat Glouces tershire at Moreton-in-the-Marsh by 180 ruus.

NATIONALIST

VOLUNTEERS.

MR. REDMOND'S APPEAL.

steumers.

THE KOMÁGATA MARÚ.

STILL HELD UP.

London, Received June 24:

Paris postinen, angered at a refusal of their deinands, bar- ricarded themselves in the Post Offico after a fight with the police

The Nicaraguan Minister to USA.considers that the Germans ars making a move to outbid the United States for anal rights in Nicaragua

Router's correspondent at Victoria, British Columbia, states It is reparted that a contract that further ordeça bave reached has been arranged between the Captain Yamamoto, the captain Chinese Government and the of the Komagata Mura (with Marconi Company for the con- retura immediately to Kobe, but China. Indian immigrants on board) to struction of wireless stations in the problem of getting the ship away is no pearer solution.

LAWN TENNIS.

CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS.

London, Received Jupo 244 The following results have been "registered in the World's Lawn Tennis Championship at Wimbledon :-

Froizbaia beat Hope Orisp 6-2, 3-6, 6-2, 6-2.

Gore beat Kingscota 6-4, 6-3,

London. Recolved June 23, Mr. John Redmond has cabled to the United trish League in Amerios an appeal for funds to strengthen the Irish Volunteers 6-3. and enable them to adequately confront an attempt by the 6-1, 6-4, 6-3. minority to forcibly suppress the liberties of the Irish people.

CARUSO'S VOICE.

Ritchie beat Roper Barrett 4:6, Dous beat Germot 6-1, 3-0, 2-6, 6-1, 6-4.

TELEGRAMS.

NEWS FOR BUSY MEN.

Speaking Imperially, as a mat-istic that Mr. Carson should have one thunderous laugh that Sir ter of fact, probably in a couple offered his help to the United Edward Carson's military de- of generations Caronism,

monstrations of Volunteers are ae Irish League, with which he does the representing Castle government, not wholly agree, and that Mr. Home Rule that has ever occurred greatest declaration for will be looked upon as the last Redmond Howard should have in the great controversy, while

Milan, May 21. relic of a medievalism which in joined the Ulster Volunteers, the dragooning of Ulster would A Carson Redmond Manifesto, our colonies would have been with whom he does not agree, be the greatest piece of coercion London critics that the quality of The unanimous verdict of the aufficient to drive them into open leat any body of Irishmen, evea since the rebellion of '98." rebellion in six months while anti-Nationalist Iriahmon, should

Politicians of no particular Caruse's voice has somewhat Redmondism will stand for the offer coercion by English troops. group will find in this manifesto altered, gaining in softness what only bond free and broad enough This last is a hard enying for of the Carsona and Redmonds of it may have lost, in volume, bas not only to hold the matured

many English spectators of Irish the new generation just what growth of such dominions as fairs, but everybody who knows they would have liked to fad, attracted particular attention in are given on this page. chance, conciliate America back many Irishmen must lately have least of all those self-flattered Italy, in view of a case now before come across traces of this senti English Conservatives who speak the Milan Court of Appeal in

A play just published by Mesura

Simpkin, Marshall and Co., and

called "An Iriebman's Home" is

certainly not a good play, but

is a most interesting phenomenon

says the Manchester Guardian

it

Its authora are a nephew and

Redmond and the eldest

son

ustralia and India-nay, per-

Australia's Trade with Japan.

The tenor

CONDENSED.

Lord Crewe bas 'introduced` the Home Rule Amonding Bill in the Lorde, bat Lord Lang- downehas expressed his profound disappointment

measure.

NEWS.

with the

The Langkat outpat for yester day was 263 tons, *

..Commercial news appears on

9 of this issue,

page

A claim for the return of a re-

gistered parcel was heard in the Summary Court this morning.

A charge of forging a trade mark was withdrawn at the Police Court this morning.

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A Chinese from Mauritius was fined for being in possession of unstamped. letters, at the Police Court this morning

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General nowa appears on paga 3 to-day, log book on page 6 and Our Contemporaries on page

2.

The Chins Customs report on foreign trade deals with the posi tion of Hongkong se a tranship- ping port between China and the countries with which sho trades,

"We shall hear a lot about Latest County Cricket results floods," said Mr. Mason at the

The liner Gothland has run

Ead.

The yacht Resolute has again beaten the Vanitio in the Ameri- ca Cup trial race.

into a great world-wide. Englishment that Ulstermen, however of the English garrison in connection with Caruso's throat. ashore on the rooks near Land's adopted son of Mr. John speaking oivilisation.

This last vision is a little and that other Irishmon should Unionist Ulstermen sa an outpost misguided, are Irishmen atill, Ireland" and who regard the fantastic. But this is effectively rather help them to resist the of their own sort in an enemy damages from the Italian special – of Sir Edward Careon.

claims £40,000 hput, in an appeal to Englishmen forcible suppression of an anti- country, or at least a tribe of Mr. Carson served in

to let Irishmen mind their own Nationalist revolt British army in Le Boer War, business-

that take assured "friendlies " in a land of ist, Dr. Della Vadova, who per- The 16sults of several games in and indeed the fact has been

: advantage of that suppression, generally hostile envages. But, formed two operations on Caruso's the World's Lawn Tennis Cham repeatedly mentioned by Hir What is Home Rule but, to use as one group of Irishmen against along with a good deal of anskil vocal chords, in 1907 and 1908. pionships are given to day. Edward Oatson and employed to a simile from the late South another. Mesare, Redmond-ful or careless writing, and some point in various ways hia anti- African crisis, the packing back Howard and Carson believe that fluffy thinking, there is much The doctor afterwarde granted an Home Rule appeals. It is curious of " undesirable aliens," bent on the converse sentiment operates more opportunity in this little interview to the "Corriere della ly significant that the "Preface for playing havoc with your Consti 100,

and that *there

The general view at Home is are shilling book for an open-minded Sera," which contained several that a compromise on the Ulstor Politicians," prefixed to the play, tution-Redmond, the political s many Orangemen who Englishman to вее

what statements, which Signor Caruso question is feasible. should show Mr. Carson to be Syndicalist, bent on keeping the would be willing to

tara "up kind.

of yeasts are 10W about as good an Irishman and balance of power; Carson, the their sleeves and work in a working in Irishmen than there

contends were calculated to in all essentials-Home Ruler as military dynamitard, whose Dablin Parliament where they is in many solema recent books damage his reputation, and had any body need want. Both be and example would turn every disput-thought they would be treated of English travel in Ireland. caused him considerable financial Mr. Redmond-Howard hold old ed election into a civil war, with respect as there are Nation- opinions in new ways. Like many Whereas, in Ireland, how long alists who would oppose Home

losses and much sunoyance. He Irishmen of their generation, they will it take us to learn the utter Rule if it meant the coercion of

Sagathe Sydney Evening News: alleges that he failed to secure are rather impatiently oritical of indifference to our needs? One their fellow-countrymen at the now steamer is likely to be several important contracts, and the generation which preceded it party would as soon, drop Red-point of the bayonet. The placed in the Japanese-Australian had been put to the inconvenience and whose labours have made its mood as the other Carson. If our measure of the concessions made mailservice, according to inform of proving own emancipation from old poli-native problems are to be solved by Nationaliste to Orangemen tion that was brought to Sydney

to the alarmed from the vote on the Unionist tical formulae possible. They we must depend upon ourselves will be the measure of the con- by the Nikko Maru, which arriv. managera of the Metropolitan amendment to the Finance Bill;

fidence and co-operation with ed from Yokohama, via ports, Opera House of New York, of the points against their elders. Mr. All sorts of things in the book which the men of the North will At present, the N.Y.K. Company Berlin Opera House, and other Redmond, with every self-governare extremely characteristic of the fall in with the men of the are building 10 sleutners in their theatres where he was to appear, ing British colony supporting his new, confident, open-minded, and South to make the new Con-own yards at Yokohama. One of that such rumours were utterly has accepteri certain proposals of plea for Home Rule, is declared to English minds-paradoxical stitution a success. For the thess is practically finished, and groundler. to be the true Imperial Unionist. Ireland of this generation. The present situation has once and for though it was designed for the Sir Edward Carson is warned that tone of contempt for the National- all declared what every Irishman European service, will probably The case was first heard before dispute between them: if his convictions require it of ist and anti-Nationalist rhetoric in his heart has already known barun to Panama. The Kumano the Milan Courts in January of him he may keep up "an army of of the laat generation is character, namely, that the Englishman Marn, which has been in the last year, Signor Caruso's claim men in open rebellion," but you istic. So in the matter-of-course does not and cannot understand Australian line for some time, being then dismissed with costs. The British First Battle must not call it Loyalty About dismissal of the old religious the Irish problem. Nay, had we will likely be replaced by a larger Now the Court of Appeal has Squadron has been given the general case for Homo Role division as a quarrel seriously not lost our native sense of steamer of the Tango Maru olsas, heard the case in full, and has stirring welcome on arrival the authors are quite eloar, worth minding. It is character. humour, we should recognise in an early date.

reserved judgement for a month. Kiel,

make" all sorts of contumacious alone.

The Labourites are to abstain

one Liberal will support it. *-

"It is anderstood that Greedo

Turkey for the settlement of the

Summary Court this morning when two witnesses failed to appear because they were up- country.

P.

DON'T FORGET.

TO-DAY.

Bijou Theatre 9.15 p.m. Victoria Theatre 9.15 p.m.

TO-MORROW.

Bijou Theatre 9.15 p.m. Victoria Theatre 9.15 p.m.

Friday Jane 26,

Sale of Postage Stamps G. Lammert's Sale Rooms-5 p.m.

Saturday June 27.

Musical and Dismatic Entor tainment, Peak Club, d

Tuesday June 30 Hongkong Fire Insurance Co., Ltd., Extraordinary General Meeting 11 a.m.

Wednesday July 1. Entries olose for

Gymkhana.

Third

Baturday, July 4. Frivolity Freear at Theatro Royal--9.15 p.m.

Saturday July 11

Third Gymkhana Meeting,

Monday July 13. H.K. University Matriculation. Examination.